Aerovet,

many thanks for posting the Lockheed 12 photo. What a beautiful aeroplane. I can’t wait to see it. That alone would make the visit worthwhile

Willow

Y11F,

Sadly gone are the days of the guaranteed connection when they’d keep a train waiting until a connecting service had arrived. Sign of the times I’m afraid.

As for the warbirds, the difference, I think, is that the P39 has recently been well publicised in the press (in both Flypast and ‘the other mag’ news articles) as Philo has just stated and has been well known about over the years. It’s only natural that people will be interested in the status of an exciting new aeroplane if they are expecting it. It is probably much better to have last years Hurricane IV situation where very only the right people new about it until it arrived at Duxford.
The suggestion that the P39 would be at Legends has probably never appeared on any official TFC website or info. It clearly doesn’t feature in their advertising for the event, so they themselves have not generated the interest. But, if they wanted it to remain out of the public eye as they did so well with the Hurricane last year, they would need to find out how/why the magazines have printed storys on the subject.

Possibly, they’re too busy working on it to worry whether the general public know what’s going on or not, and actually, I don’t blame them.
As I said earlier, if it’s there it’ll be fantastic. If it’s next year, then it will be fantastic then. This years list looks very good even without the P39

But, if anyone DOES know, and it isn’t on the secret list, then why not share it!!

Willow

I’ve just asked this question on another thread.
Good luck in getting an answer. It’s like getting blood out of a stone.

I imagine that if it had arrived and been pulled out of a container then someone would have photographed it but you never know.

I do hope it’s there but we’ve been waiting many years for this aeroplane and I’m sure another year won’t hurt.

Willow

With reference to the DC6 over London, this answers a little mystery for me.
While watching the Wimbledon Tennis coverage on Monday evening (look what married life’s done to me!!!) I was sure I could here the familiar sound of an overflying DC6 in the background. I assumed that I had imagined it.

Obviously not!!!

Willow

Unless Grumpy is making a final apearance before departing?

A kind of ‘last chance to see’

Cracking list.

As ‘Grumpy’ has now departed, or, at least, is in the process of departing, can we safely assume the one of the B25s is the RedBull sponsored aircraft?
Given the number of Corsairs in Europe these days, I can only assume that one of these is also a ‘RedBull’ machine?

‘twood be very nice.

Looks like a bit of an airliner-fest which makes a nice change (still 12 Spits though, so don’t panic if you’re not an fan of civil stuff).

Willow

Is the Lincoln just at Sandtoft? Thought that bits had been given away/loaned all over the place – Nermal

I seem to remember that there was a recent thread (in the last 6 months) that covered this story in great depth. It is a very complicated story.
The Sandtoft Lincoln is an emotive subject on this forum!!!

Willow